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	Name:	water_watcher -
	Subject:	There you go again!
	Date:	11/4/2008 1:39:15 PM

Companies that size are constantly creating jobs .... but they do not create jobs they do not need. They create them as they grow bigger.

Exxon is investing heavily in fuel cell technology for future electric cars ... they are creating jobs in that area.

If McCain was elected and we started drilling in the US in "proven" areas so we could reduce imports, Exxon and all the drilling companies would create jobs. And as the drill more all the US companies that build the rigs and the equipment would create more jobs too. When we just import more and more ... it is other countries creating the jobs to supply to us.

Exxon does import that oil to meet the demands of people like you and others.

The dems keep saying they are not drilling in areas approved .... the cost to set up a rig is huge, if there are not enough reserves they will not drill ... they have a responsibility to their shareholders to get a return and make those profits that MM has pointed out generates billions of tax revenue to the feds.

But if they opened up areas that have the proven reserves, we would import less and create thousands of jobs.

So to answer your question .... companies do not create jobs based on what their profits are, they create jobs based on growth and demand. So if given the opportunity to grow, they would create jobs. What are they going to do just hire people for the sake of hiring like the government does .... we need a person to carry the pencils, someone else to sharpen and someone else to write with them.